Federal contractor · RESTON, VA
SES SPACE & DEFENSE, INC.
SES SPACE & DEFENSE, INC. received $21.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 33 awards (−57% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $721.7M. Its largest customer was Defense Information Systems Agency ($10.5M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $21.6M
- New awards
- 33
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 35%
- UEI
- K1MPUUN7WP55
- Parent company
- SES SPACE & DEFENSE INC.
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
Part of the GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC. company family: 2 registered entities, $162M in FY2026 together. See the family
- GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.RESTON, VA · Family page$140.4M
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 56.3MFY2017
- 82.3MFY2018
- 75.9MFY2019
- 97.1MFY2020
- 96.5MFY2021
- 85.9MFY2022
- 82.8MFY2023
- 73.5MFY2024
- 49.7MFY2025
- 21.6MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Information Systems Agency$10.5M48%26 awards
- Department of the Air Force$6.6M31%2 awards
- Federal Acquisition Service$3.2M15%1 awards
- U.S. Agency for Global Media$1.3M6.2%3 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$20.3M94%
- Professional services$1.3M6.2%
- Research & development$5000.0%
Where the work was performed
- Fairfax County, VA$11.4M53%
- Stafford County, VA$5M23%
- Arlington County, VA$3.2M15%
- District of Columbia, DC$1.3M6.2%
- Loudoun County, VA$1.2M5.8%
- Cumberland County, NC$148.3K0.7%
- Madison County, AL$5000.0%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition35%US 39% · $7.6M
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · -$1,826
- Single-offer competitions35%US 8.7% · $7.6M
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Largest awards
- Defense Information Systems Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 13, 2020 – Apr 23, 2026· HC101320F0106
- Department of the Air Force· Stafford County, VA· IT & telecom· Feb 1, 2024 – Mar 12, 2026· FA254124FB004
- Defense Information Systems Agency· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Jan 30, 2020 – Oct 14, 2025· HC101320F0053
- Federal Acquisition Service· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 13, 2022 – Sep 23, 2026· 47QFPA22F0059
- SESA000004EBM$18.7MDefense Information Systems Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jun 30, 2022 – Apr 30, 2026· HC101322FE645
- Defense Information Systems Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Oct 12, 2022 – Apr 2, 2026· HC101323F0009
- SESA000002EBM$16MDefense Information Systems Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jun 29, 2022 – Apr 30, 2026· HC101322FE643
- U.S. Agency for Global Media· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 28, 2023 – Jul 7, 2026· 95170023F0253
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $4.3M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $181.6K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $237K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $6.6M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $131.6K received
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
14 companies · $25.6M reported
- TELESPAZIO NORTH AMERICA, INC.$13MARLINGTON, VA · 2 subawards · Satellite telecommunications
- MC LEAN, VA · 5 subawards · Satellite telecommunications
- SINGAPORE, SGP · 1 subaward · Satellite telecommunications
Primes that pay it
10 companies · $26.1M reported
- CAPE CANAVERAL, FL · 5 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
- MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- GREENVILLE, TX · 9 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
Compared on 16 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- INMARSAT GOVERNMENT, INC.$604.6M−45% in FY2026RESTON, VA · 3 entities · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Satellite telecommunicationsAir Force · Satellite telecommunicationsDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related services
- IRIDIUM GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$243.2M−22% in FY2026TEMPE, AZ · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Satellite telecommunications
- ARTEL LLC$140.8M−42% in FY2026HERNDON, VA · 16% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Satellite telecommunicationsAir Force · Satellite telecommunications
Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.
Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Lobbying and PAC activity
Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.
Across the company family of GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC. (2 recipients).
Matched organizations
- SES SPACE AND DEFENSE, INC.AI match · 100%
- SES SPACE AND DEFENSE, INC. PACAI match · 99%
- Lobbying · 2025
- $280K
- 4 reports
- Lobbying · 2025–2026
- $390K
- $390K in its own reports
- PAC giving · 2026
- $37K
- 2 PACs
Lobbying by year
- 2025$280K4 reports
- 2026$110K2 reports
Top issues
- Aerospace5 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES5 reports
- U.S. SENATE5 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle
- Democratic$18.5K50%
- Republican$18.5K50%
PACs sponsored
- SES SPACE AND DEFENSE, INC. PAC$47.3K raised this cycle
- SES AMERICOM, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$21.5K raised this cycle
PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.
Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.
Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.
Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.